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Review of Maatakitj

Maatakitj

Maatakitj

Maatakitj

Rating: ★★★★

Following up on his 2022 six-track collaboration Noongar Wonderland with Aussie dance music producer Paul Mac (reviewed in #181), Indigenous...

Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2024

Review of Los Ombligos

Los Ombligos

La Muchacha & El Propio Junte

Top of the World

Sello In-Correcto

Rating: ★★★★★

A surprising yet pleasurable departure from La Muchacha’s usual singer-guitarist soloist style, Los Ombligos is the new musical undertaking from...

Reviewed by Jenna Mackle in issue: March/2024

Review of El Clan Antillano

El Clan Antillano

El Clan Antillano

Vampisoul

Rating: ★★★

A lurid cover, featuring decor worthy of a dream sequence from David Lynch’s Twin Peaks, is not the only distinguishing...

Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: March/2024

Review of Hearts in Bloom

Hearts in Bloom

Corn Nut Creek

Corn Nut Creek

Rating: ★★★★

Hearts in Bloom is the smashing debut album by Corn Nut Creek, the collective sobriquet of American fiddler and vocalist...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2024

Review of Riverscape

Riverscape

Fabrizio Paterlini

Memory Recordings

Rating: ★

This new album from Italian pianist Paterlini is true to form in following the ambient pattern that has seen him...

Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: March/2024

Review of Some Day

Some Day

Dt/Ig

Slow and Steady Music

Rating: ★★★

Dt/Ig is an instrumental duo formed by Drew Taubenfeld, a multi-instrumentalist and music director who has collaborated with Dwight Yoakam,...

Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2024

Review of Guitar Improvisations & Tashi Dorji

Guitar Improvisations & Tashi Dorji

Tashi Dorji

Drag City

Rating: ★★★

These two albums were originally issued solely on cassette by Headway Recordings, a now-defunct local label in Asheville, North Carolina,...

Reviewed by Keith Howard in issue: March/2024

Review of Tigre Qui Pleure

Tigre Qui Pleure

El Gato Negro

Top of the World

X-Ray Production / Que Buen Momento

Rating: ★★★★

El Gato Negro is as far from Edgar Allan Poe’s creepy Black Cat as you could get. Hiding behind the...

Reviewed by Daniel Brown in issue: March/2024

Review of Dramagical

Dramagical

Seán Heely

Seán Heely

Rating: ★★★★

Seán Heely is a young fiddle player and Gaelic singer based in Washington, DC who is a US National Scottish...

Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: March/2024

Review of Mundo Solo

Mundo Solo

Fabiano Do Nascimento

Far Out Recordings

Rating: ★★★

I have been an admirer of the prolific Brazilian guitarist and composer Fabiano Do Nascimento for several years. Based in...

Reviewed by Merlyn Driver in issue: March/2024

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